Resumen:
High-Rise Living. Recounts the highlights of high-rise architecture from its genesis in "ideal socialist cities" to its contemporary ideal as a solution to environmental and world population housing issues. It features the work of such architectural greats as Louis Sullivan, Auguste Perret, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Richard Neutra, Walter Gropius, Ludvig Mies van der Rohe, Erno Goldfinger, Bertrand Goldberg, I. M., the Archigram Group, Kisho Kurokawa, and others. The author hands you the entrance keys to twenty-five different apartments-with-a-view in Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, and the United States. This rich collection of photographs captures the unique views of these buildings and their stylish interiors. |
